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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment invites nominations for Vayoshreshtha Samman 2022
The awards are to be conferred in 13 categories as part of celebration of the International Day of Older Persons  on 1st October 2022
Seven categories are meant for the institutions and the remaining six are for the individuals
The nominations are to be submitted online in the prescribed format by 19th August 2022
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment  has invited nominations for Vayoshreshtha Samman  2022. The awards are to be conferred in13 categories to eminent citizens and institutions involved in rendering services for the cause of elderly persons, especially indigent senior citizens, as part of celebration of the International Day of Older Persons  on 1st October 2022.
Of the 13 categories, seven are meant for the institutions involved in rendering services for the cause of elderly persons. The remaining six categories are for the individuals rendering services for the cause of elderly persons.
The nominations are to be uploaded on the portal www.awards.gov.in in the prescribed format by 19th August 2022. The detailed guidelines, in this regard, are available on the website of MSJE i.e. https://socialjustice.gov.in.
The Best District Panchayat in providing services and facilities to Senior Citizen will get a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. ten lakh.
The Best Institution for Research in the field of Ageing will receive a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. five lakh. Likewise, the Best Institution for providing services to Senior Citizens and Awareness Generation will also receive a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. five lakh.
In the individual category, the Centenarianaward will be conferred to renowned individuals who are above 90 years and are still physically active, independent and contributing to the society. The awardee will receive a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. two lakh fifty thousand.
The award of Iconic Mother will be conferred to women senior citizens who in the face of great odds, brought up their children and supported them in being high achievers in the field of their choice. The recipient will get a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. two lakh fifty thousand.
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Ministry of Rural Development
Foundation day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  being celebrated tomorrow on the occasion of Antyodaya Diwas - “Kaushal Se Kal Badlenge ”
25th September, 2014 was declared the ‘Antyodaya Diwas’ in honour of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s 98th Birth Anniversary. It was the same day when the Ministry of Rural Development  revamped it’s existing skill development program called Aajeevika Skills as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  which emphasized on greater access, coverage and quality. In doing so, MoRD has used its knowledge gained over 15 years in implementing skill training programs. DDU-GKY is now a demand driven placement-linked skilling initiative which seeks to enable rural poor youth to benefit from national and international employment opportunities.
The spirit of Antyodaya Mission lies in ‘reaching out to the last person’. Ministry of Rural Development is also working towards this motto through reaching to all eligible rural youths of India. Over the period of time, DDU GKY has proven to be an effective rural development initiative for rural youths by providing both market linked skilling and sustainable wage employment opportunities.
Therefore working towards this motto and to commemorate Antyodaya Diwas 2020, MoRD is celebrating this day for Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana  with their skilled and enthusiastic beneficiaries and other stakeholders spread across the country. During this pandemic time, MoRD is virtually celebrating this auspicious day with all States/UTs, Project Implementing Agencies, Employers and rural youths from all over the country.
Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of State of Rural Development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will grace the occasion along with the senior officers of the State governments, State Mission Directors of SRLM and Skill Missions. All are requested to join this celebration of the wonderful journey of DDU GKY.
URL for the webcast is: https://webcast.gov.in/mord/
Ministry of Culture
BITM to Organise Online Quiz Competition, Patriotic Essay Competition as Gestures to Independence Day Celebration
Kolkata, 11 August, 2020
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum  under the Union Ministry of Culture is gearing itself up to celebrate Independence Day in a befitting way. In the wake of the rapid spread of Coronavirus, the museum is mostly following the online ways to celebrate most of the special events.
This time, BITM is going online to celebrate the Independence Day. Besides flag hoisting and sapling plantation in the morning at 10 am on August 15, 2020, there will be online events for the students like, Quiz Competition where students from Class VIII to XII will be able to participate. The Topic is ‘History of Indian Independence’. For participation the interested students will have to visit www.bitm.gov.in from 11 am to 11.30 am.
This apart, there will be a ‘Patriotic Essay Competition’ within 500 words on the topic: ‘Role of Patriotism in your Life’. The time for this is, in between 10 am and 3 pm, the same day. The interested students from Class VIII to Class XII may make online submission of their write-ups in pdf format at the bitmeducationsection[at]gmail[dot]com
Besides, there is an arrangement of Patriotic Poetry Competition where students may write poems within 14 lines and submit in the pdf format at bitmeducationsection[at]gmail[dot]com from 10 am to 3 pm. The students from Class VI to VIII are eligible to participate in this competition.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
MoRTH constructs 3951 km roads in first six months of 2020-21; achieves a rate of 21.60 km per day despite COVID-19 difficulties
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has successfully completed construction of road length of 3951 km during the first six months of this fiscal year . It has achieved a construction pace of 21.60 km per day despite COVID-19 difficulties. The Ministry has set an ambitious target of constructing 11,000 km road length during this fiscal year.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Supplementary Nutrition Programme under ICDS Scheme
Anganwadi Services under Umbrella ICDS is universal and a self-selecting scheme. All children below 6 years of age, Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers are eligible for the services including Supplementary Nutrition Programme  provided under the scheme. The services are provided to those who visit AnganwadiCenters and enroll themselves. As on 31 December 2017, 844 lakh beneficiaries have availed the Supplementary Nutrition service at Anganwadi Services .
World Health Organization  prescribed standards for monitoring the growth of children below 5 years, which have been adopted by the Government to measure nutritional status of children, using weight-to-age  as an indicator under as of Umbrella Integrated Child Development Services Scheme.
The implementation of ICDS Scheme is continuously monitored through prescribed monthly & annual progress reports, reviews as well as supervision visits etc. Based on the inputs and feedbacks received, State Governments/UT Administrations are advised through letters and review meetings to address the deficiencies and to improve the implementation of the Scheme.
All the AnganwadiCenters are required to maintain the growth monitoring chart for assessing the nutrition status of children set by WHO. These growth charts help in identifying children in various categories like normal Children, moderately underweight Children and severely underweight children. The tracking through these charts help detect growth faltering and facilitate prompt action and referral.
This information was given by Union Minister for Women and Child Development, SmtManeka Sanjay Gandhi in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Finance
DRI seizes around 25 kg of Mephedrone worth around Rs 50 crore during raids on two clandestine manufacturing labs at Hyderabad, 7 arrested
The Directorate of Intelligence Revenue  officers busted two clandestine Mephedrone manufacturing labs at Hyderabad and neutralised the entire network by nabbing the mastermind and financer. Officials of the DRI seized 24.885 kg of Mephedrone in finished form, valued at Rs. 49.77 crore in the grey market, along with in-process materials, sale proceeds of Rs. 18.90 lakh, key raw materials, machinery and vehicles used for trafficking.
Acting on the basis of specific intelligence, DRI started a swift and well-coordinated operation on 21st Dec, 2022, and busted the two clandestine labs. Seven persons carrying out the manufacturing in these two locations were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
In an immediate follow-up action, the mastermind and main financer of this activity was nabbed at Gorakhpur, as he was attempting to flee to Nepal with cash of Rs. 60 lakh.
Reactors and machinery used in the clandestine labs
It is pertinent to mention that some of the arrested persons are also accused in a 2016 DRI case for clandestine manufacture of 236 kg Ephedrine at Indore; a July 2022 DRI case for clandestine manufacture of 667 kg mephedrone at Yamuna Nagar; a case of escape from prison at Indore; a murder case in Hyderabad; and robberies in Vadodara.
Freshly manufactured Mephedrone crystals
This coordinated action is in line with the exhortation of the Home Minister & Finance Minister to the officials, with emphasis on going after the big fish and catching main handlers and perpetrators/financers in drug cases.
Neutralising of the clandestine labs and apprehending of the entire drug syndicate has dealt a blow to their plans for committing nefarious activities in the wake of new year and thereafter.
This is a second such factory bust carried by DRI in the current financial year, following a similar case at Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, in July-August 2022. In this financial year alone , officers of DRI have seized about 990 kg of Heroin, 88 kg of Cocaine, 10,000 Methamphetamine tablets, 2,400 liters of Phensedyl cough syrup and various other harmful NDPS substances. DRI remains committed to safeguarding the nation’s health and tackle the challenge of narco-terrorism.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
MoU signed for Paradeep Plastic Park between IOCL and IDCO;
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel and Chief Minister of Odisha jointly witness the signing
Indian Oil Corporation Limited  and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation  today signed an agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding  to developParadip Plastic Park. The MoU was signed on a hybrid mode, in the presence of Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha and other dignitaries.
Addressing on the occasion, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said, “Keeping the enterprise and employment generation potential of the plastic sector in mind, Government of India has initiated the cluster development of the Industry through its Plastic Park scheme. Currently, six such parks have been approved by the Government of India, with Paradip Plastic Park being one of them.” Shri Pradhan further added that Odisha would become the nerve centre of industrialisation through rapid development in petrochemical, chemical, polymer, textile and fibre sectors.
Shri Pradhan also highlighted the importance of a skilled workforce in this downstream Industry for which the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and IndianOil have joined hands to set up a world-class Centre of Excellence in Chemical Engineering and Technology at Bhubaneswar.
The Minister also said that “I am pleased that today’s event is a significant milestone in the direction of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision of Mission Purvodaya for growth of Eastern India.”
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha, said, “I congratulate Union Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, IndianOil and IDCO for coming together towards the development of Paradip Plastic Park, which is going to be a real game-changer for the downstream plastic industry. This will boost the petrochemicals and plastic infrastructure as well as auxiliary industries & MSMEs in Odisha as well as Eastern India.”
As part of the MoU signing, to attract investments in downstream polymer industries at Paradip Plastic Park, IndianOil announced a Special Strategic Incentives scheme. An incentive of Rs 2000/MT on Polypropylene granules from Paradip Refinery shall be offered to the manufacturing units located in the Paradip Plastic Park till 31.3.2030. It is estimated that around 26 units will come up at the plastic Park with an estimated investment of 500 Crores and is likely to generate direct and indirect employment of 6,000.
Shri Dibya Shankar Mishra, MoS , Energy, Industries, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of Odisha and Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Chairman, IDCO were also present on the occasion.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
NuGen Mobility Summit 2019
The International Centre for Automotive Technology  is organizing a NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019, at Manesar, NCR, from 27th to 29th November 2019. The objective of the Summit is to share new ideas, learnings, global experiences, innovations and future technology trends for faster adoption, assimilation and development of advanced automotive technologies for a smarter and greener future. This event will help in building a platform for bringing together all stakeholders in the automotive industry to understand global advancements in technologies.
The Summit is being organized in association with SAENIS, SAE INDIA, SAE International, NATRiP, DIMTS, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, SIAM and ACMA. More than 2500 participants and over 250 exhibitors are expected to take part in the Summit.
Experts working with leading international scientific and research organizations and testing laboratories from various countries like USA, Europe, Japan and other Asian countries will also participate in the event and share their experiences and knowledge on development of smart and green technologies and the challenges that the industry needs to overcome. The event aims to bring together the automotive OEMs, professionals, researchers, academic experts, vehicle system suppliers, test equipment supplier, quality managers, product planners, component developers, SAE members and students from all over the world.
Track demonstrations, drive-touch-feel activity and lab demonstrations on upcoming vehicle technologies like connected mobility, autonomous vehicles, electric mobility, alternate fuels, intelligent transportation system, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen IC engine, vehicle dynamics, advance materials and lightweighting, end of life vehicles and recycling are uniqueness of this event.
ICAT Centre-II is under brisk renovation to create a world-class state-of-the-art facility for organizing such significant and sizeable events for the automotive fraternity. Several kinds of tracks such as coast down track, oval track, abs track, hill track and flood track will be available for demonstrations and events.
ICAT Manesar is a division of NATRIP Implementation Society  under the Department of Heavy Industries, Government of India. It provides services for testing, validation, design and homologation of all categories of vehicles and has a mission to assist the automotive industry in adopting cutting edge technologies in vehicle evaluation and component development to ensure reliability, durability and compliance to the current and future regulations in new generation mobility solutions.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Employment in FPIs
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases data on various aspects of registered manufacturing sectors including employment through the Annual Survey of Industries. The details ofemployment in food processing sector for last three years, as per Annual Survey of Industries, are as under:
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Year
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Employment 
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2016-17
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18.53
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2017-18
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19.33
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2018-19
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20.05
Source: Annual Survey of Industries 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19
No target regarding employment generation is set. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries implements the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana  which inter –alia aims at creation of modern post-harvest infrastructure with efficient supply chain management, boosting value addition, providing better returns to farmers, creationof off-farm employment opportunities etc. In addition, the Ministry is also implementing the PM- Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises  Scheme for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up / upgradation of two lakh existing micro food processing enterprises across the country.A new Production Linked Incentive scheme  for Food Processing Sector is being implemented to support creation of global food manufacturing champions.
This information was given by Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Production of Wheat
The production of wheat in the country during the last two years is as follows:
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Year
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Production 
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2021-22 
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106.84
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2020-21
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109.59
The production of wheat during 2021-22  is estimated at 106.84 million tonnes as compared to 109.59 million tonnes during 2020-21 registering a slight dip of 2.75 million tonnes . Further, the wheat production during last two years is higher than the average  wheat production of 103.88 million tonnes in the country.
The storage of wheat  in the country during 2020, 2021 and 2022 is as follows:

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Year
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2020
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2021
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2022
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January
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327.96
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342.90
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330.12
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February
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303.66
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318.31
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282.73
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March
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275.21
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295.41
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234.00
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April
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247.00
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273.04
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189.90
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May
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357.70
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525.65
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303.46
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June
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558.25
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602.91
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311.42
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July
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549.91
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603.56
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285.10
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August
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513.28
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564.80
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266.45
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September
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478.32
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517.87
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248.22
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October
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437.38
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468.52
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227.46
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November
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402.99
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419.81
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210.46
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December
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367.54
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378.53
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The details of wheat exported to other countries during last two year is as follows:
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Year
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Export 
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2020-21
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2154973
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2021-22
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7244842
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowda praises the Prime Minister for making of Statue of Unity
Former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowda praised the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for the making of the world’s tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel in Gujarat. He also recalled that Ahmedabad airport was renamed as Sardar Vallabhai Patel International airport and Sardar Vallabhai Patel memorial was built in his home town in Nadiad, Gujarat in the past. These have been brought to a logical end by the construction of world’s tallest statue for the Iron Man of India. He also added that it had been made more attractive and indigenous and that is why people across the globe are visiting these places and enjoying the beauty of both the ‘Statue of Unity’ as well as ‘Sardar Sarovar Dam’. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has expressed happiness after former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowda visited the Statue of Unity.
Prime Minister's Office
In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that in memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;
"Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.
May the #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay keep reminding us of the need to remove the poison of social divisions, disharmony and further strengthen the spirit of oneness, social harmony and human empowerment.
देश के बंटवारे के दर्द को कभी भुलाया नहीं जा सकता। नफरत और हिंसा की वजह से हमारे लाखों बहनों और भाइयों को विस्थापित होना पड़ा और अपनी जान तक गंवानी पड़ी। उन लोगों के संघर्ष और बलिदान की याद में 14 अगस्त को 'विभाजन विभीषिका स्मृति दिवस' के तौर पर मनाने का निर्णय लिया गया है।
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay का यह दिन हमें भेदभाव, वैमनस्य और दुर्भावना के जहर को खत्म करने के लिए न केवल प्रेरित करेगा, बल्कि इससे एकता, सामाजिक सद्भाव और मानवीय संवेदनाएं भी मजबूत होंगी।"
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Services Sector
Government of India has approved the ‘Action Plan for Champion Sectors in Services’ to give focused attention to 12 identified Champion Services Sectors. With the identification of 12 Champion Services Sectors, Bureau of Indian Standards  has set up a dedicated Services Sector Division Council  to formulate Indian Standards in various Services Sectors, especially Champion Services Sectors. Currently there are 84 published standards for various services sectors. Wherever possible, the Indian Standards are harmonized with international standards for ensuring that quality of services match global expectations.
Services export has increased from US$ 154,311 Million to US$ 206,090 Million from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
The export of services sector during the last three years is given in the table given below:
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Services Export
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Year
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Export in US $ Million
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2018-19
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208,000
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2019-20
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213,191
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2020-21
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206,090

Government of India has approved the ‘Action Plan for Champion Sectors in Services’ to give focused attention to 12 identified Champion Services Sectors, namely, Information Technology & Information Technology enabled Services, Tourism & Hospitality Services, Medical Value Travel, Transport & Logistics Services, Accounting and Finance Services, Audio Visual Services, Legal Services, Communication Services, Construction and Related Engineering Services, Environmental Services, Financial Services and Education Services.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Centre is ready to help Kerala for the betterment of minority communities: Minister of State John Barla
Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Shri John Barla has said that the Centre is ready to help Kerala for the betterment of minority communities if the state government come up with a proposal . Addressing a news conference in Thiruvananthapuram as part of his two day visit, the Minister also said that state government should cooperate with the Central Government for creating awareness about Central schemes among minority communities in the state. Stating that the Centre has many schemes for minority communities based on 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas' , the Minister said that that there is a need to create more awareness among the minority communities in Kerala regarding various Central Government schemes for them. Shri Barla said that the Christian community has contributed a lot towards nation building and made many sacrifices in educating the country. Union Minister said that schemes such as "Padho Pardesh" that provides interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies for the students of Minority Communities should be utilised adequately .
Earlier , Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs held talks with Major Archbishop Mar Baselios Cleemis and other leaders from Christian community
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